Rosie- According to the National Reading Panel report, fluency is ?reading text with speed, accuracy, and proper expression (NRP, 3-1).? Some methods to enhance fluency that can be used within your program or if you are able to supplement with trade books as well are to: ?Build sight word knowledge ?Expand vocabulary ?Repeated oral reading ?Choral reading ?Echo reading Building sight word vocabulary and expanding vocabulary occurs through reading, but seeing the words in isolation repeated times will help as well. Anytime you can integrate sight words and vocabulary into other content areas, it will help students see the connection that reading is everywhere. I'm not sure if you are able to have small groups, but that is when you could practice echo reading, where you read and they read the sentence the way that you just did or repeated oral readings. Rereading familiar stories helps build fluency, but once they are fluent with a story, move on to another story. One activity that I have seen teachers use is to allow the student to help you graph their progress because it motivates them; while working on some math skills. But, I think one has to be careful because some students get very discouraged by doing something like that. Just remember that it is important to develop fluency because becoming a fluent reader aids in reading comprehension. I hope these suggestions help! Please let me know if you would like to know more about an activity within this email. Amy Literacy Birth-6 Grad student
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